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The 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion (Stirman's) (1864–1865) was a Confederate Army cavalry battalion during the American Civil War.The unit was also known as Brooks 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, Stirman's, 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, Stirman's Sharpshooter Regiment, 1st Regiment Arkansas Sharpshooters, and finally simply as Stirman's Arkansas Cavalry Regiment.
Cleburne's regiment was accepted into Confederate service by General Hardee on July 23, 1861, at Pitman's Ferry, Arkansas as the 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry. However Confederate authorities had authorized Colonel T. B. Flournoy to raise a regiment of Arkansas Volunteers in April 1861, before the state had actually seceded.
Kevin M. Levin, Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. Jaime Amanda Martinez, Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters (variously known as: "Birge's WSS" from Nov 1861-March 1862; "WSS-14th Missouri Vols" from March 1862- late 1862; and "66th IL Vol Inf (WSS)" from late 1862-July 7 1865. Were initially sworn into service as a non-State aligned unit, as the 1st & 2nd USVSS were, under the personal authority of MG Fremont, Commander ...
Pages in category "Sharpshooter units and formations of the American Civil War" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 1st United States Sharpshooters were an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. During battle, the mission of the sharpshooter was to kill enemy targets of importance ( i.e ., officers, NCOs , and artillery crews) from long range.
12th Battalion, Infantry (Confederate Guards Response Battalion, merged with Crescent Regiment) 13th Battalion, Infantry (merged with 30th Infantry) 14th (Austin's) Battalion, Sharpshooters; 15th (Weatherly's) Battalion, Sharpshooters; 30th Battalion, Infantry (after 30th Infantry was downgraded) 1st (Coppens') Battalion, Zouaves (C.S. Zouave ...
This is a list of Confederate units from the ... (1st-27th, 6th-9th, 8th-28th-84th and 16th Regiment and 34th-24th Sharpshooters) 2nd Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee ...